Tanzania’s growing push to equip young people with practical skills and connect them to employment opportunities will have to address one group that remains at risk of being left behind – young people with disabilities, according to experts.
The issue was at the centre of discussions organised by Shivyawata, a national federation of organisations of persons with disabilities working to advance the rights, inclusion, participation and dignity of persons with disabilities in Tanzania on September 29,2026.
Disability organisations, employers and government officials called for recruitment and workplace systems that judge people by their skills rather than their disabilities. Tanzania’s growing push to equip young people with practical skills and connect them to employment opportunities will have to address one group that remains at risk of being left behind – young people with disabilities, according to experts.
The issue was at the centre of discussions organised by Shivyawata, a national federation of organisations of persons with disabilities working to advance the rights, inclusion, participation and dignity of persons with disabilities in Tanzania on September 29,2026.
Disability organisations, employers and government officials called for recruitment and workplace systems that judge people by their skills rather than their disabilities.